Editing Seabee (section)

===Cold War winds down===
As the [[Cold War]] wound down, new challenges and changes came for the Seabees starting with the increased incidence of terrorism. This was in addition to ongoing Seabee support missions for USN/USMC bases worldwide. Cold War Facilities still required support, like the [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] and [[UGM-73 Poseidon|Poseidon]] submarines at [[Holy Loch]], [[Naval Station Rota, Spain|Rota]]. In 1971, the Seabees began the huge project on [[Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia|Diego Garcia]]<ref name="NHHC-CB">[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/seabee-history0/after-vietnam.html Seabee History: After Vietnam, Published: 16 Apr 2015, NHHC, Official U.S. Navy web site]</ref> in the [[Indian Ocean]]. It was completed in 1987 at a cost of $200&nbsp;million. With the extended construction timeline, it is difficult to inflation-adjust that cost into today's dollars. The complex accommodates the Navy's largest ships and cargo planes. The base served as a staging facility for Operations [[Desert Shield]] and [[Desert Storm]]. Additionally, Seabees were also tasked upgrading and expanding [[Naval Air Station Sigonella]], Sicily for the [[United States Sixth Fleet]].

In 1983, a truck bomb demolished the [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings|Marine's barracks in Beirut]], Lebanon.<ref name="NHHC-CB"/> From the [[Beirut International Airport]] [[Druze]] militia artillery harassed the Marines. NMCB-1 was in Rota and sent its AirDet to construct bunkers for the Marines.<ref name="NHHC-CB"/> EO2 Kirt May became the first Seabee post-Vietnam to receive a [[Purple Heart]] while on this mission.

CN Carmella Jones became the first female Seabee when she cross-rated to Equipment Operator during the summer of 1972.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Online%20Reading%20Room/Seabee%20FAQs/Women%20in%20the%20CEC%20and%20Seabees.pdf| title = Woman in the CEC and the Seabees, Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme, Ca}}</ref>